Posted by Chris Evans in Console, Featured, Gaming, Reviews, Xbox 360 on 26. Jul, 2010 | 7 Comments
I’ve been waiting for Limbo for four years, from when I was first shown the original trailer and concept art. Since then, it’s all been worryingly silent, to the point where I feared the project would never see the light of day. Imagine my surprise then, when I woke up to find that [...]
Having reinvented FIFA in its 2009 edition, and refined it well last year, the fact that David Rutter’s first utterance on FIFA 11 included that second R-word wasn’t surprising. It’s understandable that refinement is a key word, after all we’re constantly reminded of FIFA 10’s Metacritic score. It also shouldn’t surprise that EA present their [...]
Crackdown 2, like its predecessor, is an object lesson in game design. I’d normally try to maintain a little more mystery in the opening paragraph of a review, but in this case I think its best to get my feelings out in the open from the off.
The game casts you as a superpower policeman working [...]
The important information is minimal. The Skate series has two completely brilliant aspects; its control system and the sense of satisfaction it conveys. I’ll try to get across how these two work together to create an enjoyable experience. The game manages to be a more appropriate mapping of various aspects of skateboarding than any ridiculous [...]
After two Lego Star Wars games, two Lego Indiana Jones games and Lego Batman, it’s fair to expect the formula to be going a little stale by now. It’s a formula that is mostly unchanged for Lego Harry Potter – use different characters abilities to advance through levels, find a multitude of collectables, then return [...]
It was with great interest that I noted The Irish Times, Ireland’s main broadsheet daily paper, has instituted a gaming section in its weekly culture magazine, The Ticket. Finally, I thought, gaming would take its rightful place amongst the film, music and theatre coverage that previously dominated the supplement.
Whilst what I’ve seen so far has [...]
All Points Bulletin (APB) is an interesting beast. It’s an MMO, but it ‘aint your average MMO. APB is a real time action game set in the semi-open city of San Paro, where you step into the role of either a criminal or enforcer to take part in the street war raging between the two [...]
Posted by Mark Cullinane in Console, Opinion, PS3, Reviews on 26. Jul, 2010 | No Comments
Videogame ownership is so passé. Where once we purchased boxed copies at retail, it has been decided that the future of videogames is one filled with DRM, conditional ownership and the holy grail- monthly subscription fees.
Much of this has yet to come to pass, but in recent times we’ve seen ideas like OnLive threaten to [...]
Posted by James Dilks in Console, Gaming, Interviews, PS3, Xbox 360 on 24. Jul, 2010 | No Comments
I had the chance to speak to David, a producer at EA Sports Canada, at a recent presentation of new features for FIFA 11. Here’s what I managed to get out of him.
Would it be fair to say that because FIFA is a yearly product, the number of features you can add are limited somewhat?
Yes [...]
Posted by Chris Evans in 100-Word Reviews, Console, Gaming, Reviews, Xbox 360 on 13. Jul, 2010 | 1 Comment
Converting a board game into a video game is tricky process. Risk: Factions attempts to straddle that line by having both a faithful recreation of the original game and a newly designed campaign mode. The two sit a little oddly together, with the cartoon characters and comedy dialogue jarring somewhat with the methodical, [...]
Posted by Thomas Walters in Editor's Blog on 09. Jul, 2010 | 1 Comment
My APB review has been somewhat gazumped by Dave Jones’ interview with Eurogamer, commenting on…well, commenting on APB reviews.
It’s all fairly polite and civil, so I’m loath to fly off on too much of a rant, but there are a couple of points in it that have a slightly unpleasant undercurrent, most particularly the suggestion, [...]
Posted by Mark Cullinane in Editor's Blog on 04. Jul, 2010 | No Comments
We’re changing our approach to reviews. More info inside.
Posted by Mark Cullinane in Console, PS3, Reviews, Wii, Xbox 360 on 04. Jul, 2010 | No Comments
To describe it as an annus horribilis for world golf’s most talented player would be an understatement. Electronic Arts have stuck by their man, though, and although forced to share the boxart with Irish wunderkind McIlroy, this year’s instalment in the long-running series arrives bang on schedule.
Questions deserve to be asked, however, about whether [...]
Posted by James Dilks in Editor's Blog, Gaming, PC on 29. Jun, 2010 | 2 Comments
Eurogamer reports that Realtime Worlds’ forthcoming online cops and robbers game APB will feature audio adverts delivered via voice chat. It strikes me as remarkably similar to this faux news report from The Onion, reporting on a fictional development in Google’s phone technology. The video is titled “New Google Phone Service Whispers Targeted Ads Directly [...]
Posted by Chris Evans in Console, E3 2010, Gaming, Previews, Xbox 360 on 23. Jun, 2010 | No Comments
While Microsoft’s press conference left me entirely unconvinced by Kinect, Ubisoft’s conference peaked my interest within seconds. Watching Tetsuya Mizuguch stood in front of Kinect was like watching a conductor in front of an orchestra. After all the promotional videos from Microsoft showing Minority Report levels of control, finally here is something showing what the [...]
Posted by Chas Guidry in E3 2010, PS3, Previews on 22. Jun, 2010 | No Comments
Sorcery, a high fantasy action title in development by Sony Computer Entertainment for PlayStation Move, looks like the kind of game expected to flood the Wii’s library before players realized how limited the system’s motion control was when it first launched. But unlike Wii, it appears Move will launch as the most accurate motion control [...]
Never made it to the 3DS event sadly, but the important thing is that despite our initial fears, @Tarnya_S doesn't have a broken ankle!
Kinect verdict: Mix of good and bad. Highlights: Dance Central and Joy Ride- Sports, Adventures less impressive. Kinectimals disappointed.
